Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.S to Secondary School Education Contributor(s): Center for Education (Author), Office of Scientific and Engineering Per (Author), Committee on Attracting Science and Math (Author) |
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ISBN: 0309071763 ISBN-13: 9780309071765 Publisher: National Academies Press OUR PRICE: $52.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2000 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Study & Teaching - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology - Education | Elementary |
Dewey: 507.127 |
LCCN: 00711424 |
Series: Compass Series |
Physical Information: 175 pages |
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Publisher Description: The National Research Council conducted a study to identify a set of incentives that state governments and local school districts can use to attract Ph.D. scientists and mathematicians to secondary school teaching positions. This project investigated the career ambitions of Ph.D.s in the physical and life sciences through focus groups and a national survey to determine the kinds of work conditions and compensation packages that would induce them to take positions teaching physics, chemistry, biology, and various electives in public high schools or positions developing secondary school science and mathematics curricula. The study conducted interviews with Ph.D.s who are already teaching in secondary schools to ascertain information from their experiences, with local school district administrators to assess what they are realistically willing to offer Ph.D. scientists to attract them, and with higher education administrators to explore programmatic changes they would need to institute to provide Ph.D.s with skills tailored to secondary school teaching. These investigations led to this report which describes the incentives local school districts could use in establishing pilot programs in this area. |